under our current paid leechb program, city and county of san francisco receive 12 weejs or if disables by pregnancy up to 16 weeks of leave after the adoption or fostering a live. this supplements disability and paid sick leave and other forms of paid leave. san francisco has the strongest leave in the country, there are [inaudible] to strengeen the policy. the charter amendment amends the program in 2 ways, one it, allows city works to keep 40 hours of sick time on the books when they take paid time off u. currently they must exhaust all sick time. this chaichck allows parents to address health related needs as well if they have health related needs. if there are 2 city workers in the same family each is entitled to their benefits. currently they must split the benefit. if one partner takes 4 weeks off the second gets the remaining aithd weeks time off. san francisco we are ahead of the curve. for example, it was this jan president obama announced a new sick week paid leave program for federal workers same with the sit eof boston this month that established this program in may. also 6